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# unclip

«unclip» in Mova's school dictionary: **to open or remove a clip so that it comes loose or apart…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (unclip, unclips, unclipped, unclipping)

### meaning for a pupil

To unclip something is to open or remove a clip so that it comes loose or apart, like a seatbelt, a dog's lead or a hair clip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety, children unclip their seatbelt only when the car has stopped, unclip a bike helmet, or unclip a dog's lead in the park. In stories, it shows a small action of freeing or opening. Phrases: «unclip the seatbelt», «unclip the lead», «unclip your helmet».

### examples

- Don't unclip your seatbelt until the car stops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#x1)
- I unclipped the dog's lead and she ran across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#x2)
- She unclipped her helmet and shook out her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#x3)
- Unclip the lid to open the lunch box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#x4)
- He unclipped his badge and gave it to the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#x5)
- The climber unclipped from the rope at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/#x6)

### note

Double p in the past: unclipped, unclipping. «Un-» means the opposite of the action: clip → unclip, like do → undo. Safety: in a moving car, keep your seatbelt clipped.

### In the corpora

- [Never touch or unclip a stranger's dog without the owner's permission.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unclip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unclip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.